A50 crash in Leicester on 15 January 2016 at 09:45 involving a Peugeot 206
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jan 2016
- Friday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 206 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.65018, longitude -1.16843, in the LE3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leicester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE3 9BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Leicester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016331600085
- Council area
- Leicester
- Police force
- Leicestershire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 50
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a fatal crash on 21 January 1986.
Fatal
Van crash on the A50 in Leicester, 21 January 1986
7 m awayRef 19863386E0052
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A50 in Leicester, 7 May 2014
11 m awayRef 2014331400837
Slight
Audi A7 crash on the A50 in Leicester, 29 April 2025
12 m awayRef 2025332500406
Fatal
Car crash on the A50 in Leicester, 21 July 1992
16 m awayRef 1992339204856
Serious
Car crash on the A50 in Leicester, 13 June 1985
16 m awayRef 19853385E0449
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A50 in Leicester, 3 January 2004
16 m awayRef 2004330400208
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 85 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 57, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2016331600085 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Leicester road accident statistics for 2016.